Idol Chatter

Andy Walmsley, production designer for the new American Idol set, has been involved with the various Idol productions for seven years, including doing original designs for Pop Idol in the UK. When he designed the original, most of the countries that subsequently launched the show the world over used his design. When the show came to the US, so did Walmsley. “I had actually grown tired of my career in the UK and had made the decision to move to the States,” he says. “The fact that Idol hit ...